“Knowing now what happened over the last 20 days, if we had known that back then, we would have done things differently,” said Mark Van Every, district ranger for the western part of the Superior National Forest. (MPR News)

Did the Forest Service get burned?

Criticized for their efforts to fuel the Pagami Creek fire as a way to put it out, forestry experts say they were dealing with an unprecedented phenomenon. (Duluth News Tribune)

Famous Minnesota fires: A look back in photos

Forest fires can be confounding and frightening things. In a state like Minnesota, they are part of our lore. (MinnPost)

Lynx easily handle Mercury in first Western Conference playoffs game (MPR News)

Day after raid, business bustling at Duluth head shop

By sometime today, Last Place on Earth owner Jim Carlson said his head shop will also start selling bath salts again, which he said he took off the store’s shelves last week. “I thought when I did that, the police would leave us alone,” he said. (Duluth News Tribune)